Anaplan reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(1,083 total reviews)
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Charlie Gottdiener

71% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Anaplan has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,083 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Anaplan employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
3.0
Nov 13, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

* Really smart and friendly people * Complex technical challenges * Strong desire to modernise tech stack * Good first level managers * Generally good benefits packages * Flexible and good work life balance * Still chance to turn around some of the recent negatives

Cons

* Very deep management hierarchies * Increasing concentration of senior management in San Francisco * Hiring managers externally rather than promoting from within * Difficult to actually deliver changes to production * Gradual erosion of small perks

1.0
Jul 8, 2025

A Corporate House of Cards

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

competitive salaries and generous remote work flexibility. Those used to be major draws for talent, especially during and shortly after the pandemic. But even those have been scaled back or inconsistently enforced in recent years, further eroding employee trust and morale.

Cons

Working at Anaplan often feels like surviving a political drama. Much like House of Cards, the true currency here isn’t performance — it’s personal relationships. Favoritism is not just present; it’s built into the culture. Promotions, high-visibility projects, and even job security often hinge on who you're aligned with, not what you’ve delivered. Leaders tend to reward a small inner circle of “favorites,” often selected based on personal loyalty rather than capability. If you’re in that circle, opportunities magically open up. If you’re not, even your strongest contributions may be dismissed or ignored. This dynamic creates a toxic atmosphere where employees feel pressured to manage up constantly and focus more on internal politics than collaboration or innovation. Challenging ideas — even respectfully — can brand you as “difficult,” while saying yes to everything (and everyone in power) is often rewarded.

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